Superior Energy Performance:A Roadmap for Achieving Continual Energy Performance Improvement

摘要

This paper presents the development status of the Superior Energy Performance (SEP) initiative. By building on industry's own skills with management systems, SEP seeks to use a different approach to standards (in the areas of energy management and system assessments) to promote continuous improvement in energy efficiency. Based on conformance with an energy management standard (initially ANSI MSE 2000:2008, then ISO 50001) and documented energy performance improvements, SEP will provide a foundation for achieving the national goal of reducing energy intensity of U.S. manufacturing by 25% in 10 years. To achieve dramatic growth in industrial energy efficiency, SEP must create value for participating plants and mobilize potential sources of implementation assistance for plants through utilities and states. Realizing the vision of a self-supporting, ANSI-accredited program administered by a non-government entity requires a careful balance between validation and cost.. Program growth and- acceptance will also be driven by the skill with which SEP incorporates current best practices, address weaknesses of past energy management efforts, and provides greater access to a high level of technical assistance needed for bothimplementation of energy management plans and in the identification and implementation of energy efficiency improvement projects to move investment decisions to energy efficient solutions. This work is guided by the US Council for Energy Efficient Manufacturing, a cooperative effort that brings together the respective strengths of industry, standards-making bodies, several federal agencies, national laboratories, universities, and technical experts to develop and initiate this voluntary program.